CIP 5138 · Associate's Degree · Meridian College

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at Meridian College

Federal outcomes for associate's degree graduates of Meridian College. Median earnings 5 years after completion: $69,737.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$69,737
Florida CIP-4 median $74,345
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
IPEDS award counts
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION

Estimate the financial outcome of this program

Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. Selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. This is an outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.

Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.

NET PRESENT VALUE
$679,207
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 5
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 5year 0year 39
Cost per year
$32,441
HS-only baseline · FL
$35,400
Years to complete
2
CIP family
51

Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.

PEER COMPARISON · CIP 5138

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing across Florida institutions

Same CIP-4 code and credential level, all Florida Title-IV institutions where Scorecard publishes outcomes. Cohort floor is 30 students.

Miami Dade CollegePEER$94,635614 gradsAcademy for Nursing and Health OccupationsPEER$89,38973 gradsBroward CollegePEER$87,122303 gradsCollege of Central FloridaPEER$84,799117 gradsKeiser University-Ft LauderdalePEER$83,359601 gradsValencia CollegePEER$82,874278 gradsSt Petersburg CollegePEER$80,225446 gradsThe College of the Florida KeysPEER$80,00431 gradsMiami Regional UniversityPEER$79,945154 gradsSouth Florida State CollegePEER$79,34173 gradsState College of Florida-Manatee-SarasotaPEER$77,633145 gradsSeminole State College of FloridaPEER$77,484265 gradsHillsborough Community CollegePEER$77,444235 gradsSanta Fe CollegePEER$77,392204 gradsCity College-HollywoodPEER$76,480Palm Beach State CollegePEER$76,092237 gradsPolk State CollegePEER$75,780157 gradsSouthern Technical CollegePEER$75,51575 gradsPasco-Hernando State CollegePEER$75,321180 gradsSoutheastern College-West Palm BeachPEER$74,91750 gradsLake-Sumter State CollegePEER$74,34558 gradsFlorida State College at JacksonvillePEER$74,280445 gradsConcorde Career Institute-MiramarPEER$73,76332 gradsFlorida National University-Main CampusPEER$72,833140 gradsFlorida Gateway CollegePEER$72,68171 gradsTaylor CollegePEER$71,44831 gradsDaytona State CollegePEER$71,001199 gradsGulf Coast State CollegePEER$70,993113 gradsEastern Florida State CollegePEER$70,976112 gradsNorth Florida CollegePEER$70,68947 grads
Meridian CollegeTHIS PROGRAM$69,737
Florida SouthWestern State CollegePEER$68,518269 gradsChipola CollegePEER$67,02849 gradsUltimate Medical AcademyPEER$66,263Saint Johns River State CollegePEER$65,89392 gradsNorthwest Florida State CollegePEER$65,74277 gradsFlorida Career College-MiamiPEER$64,919Concorde Career Institute-JacksonvillePEER$63,71870 gradsPensacola State CollegePEER$62,276229 gradsCity College-Altamonte SpringsPEER$62,18914 gradsIndian River State CollegePEER$61,559135 gradsTallahassee Community CollegePEER$59,105109 gradsSABER CollegePEER$52,6450 grads
SUPPRESSION & SELECTION

What this page tells you, and what it doesn't

Earnings are median annual earnings of federally aided students who completed this program at this institution, drawn from federal tax records. They describe cohorts. They do not predict your earnings, and they do not claim that this program caused those outcomes — selection effects (who enrolls, who finishes, what fields they enter) dominate cross-program differences. Em-dashes mean the federal data was suppressed because the cohort was below the 30-student floor.

Methodology →